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here is that time warner cable arena. the convention will begin at 4:30 p.m. eastern time. our preview program will begin at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. as always, gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span tv, c- span.org, and c-span radio. you will be able to watch all of the proceedings. president obama due to speak at 10:10 p.m. eastern time this evening. this picture of formerresident bill clinton this morning who nominated president obama last night. this was president clinton walking out on some of the stage. we want to show you that speech now. it is 48 minutes in length. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome president bill clinton. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. now, mr. mayor, fellow democrats, we are here to nominate a president. [cheers and applause] and i've got one in mind. [cheers and applause] i want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. i want to nominate a man who ran for president to change the course of an already weak economy and then just six weeks before his election,
here is that time warner cable arena. the convention will begin at 4:30 p.m. eastern time. our preview program will begin at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. as always, gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span tv, c- span.org, and c-span radio. you will be able to watch all of the proceedings. president obama due to speak at 10:10 p.m. eastern time this evening. this picture of formerresident bill clinton this morning who nominated president obama last night. this was president clinton walking out on some of...
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[applause] >> we are looking why inside the time warner cable -- live side of the time warner cable arena. 35,000 delegates, international media representatives, and a national political leaders are expected to gather for the convention. maximum 25,000 people and is home to the charlotte bobcats of the nba. in an hour, we will begin our preview, and this show is available all day at c-span.org. one item we are featured in our social media coverage is our google hangouts. >> tell us who you are most interested to hearing this week. if you are interested and hearing president obama, give us someone else you are also interested in hearing. >> i am looking forward to hearing president clinton. he is a great motivator, i love listening to him speak. >> i am looking forward to elizabeth warren. >> i am looking forward to vice president joe biden. skin,s under republicans' and i think that is appropriate this convention. >> my heart is always with my home state and barney frank. i've never heard such a brilliant orator. he is so talented, and he always comes up with something that has that littl
[applause] >> we are looking why inside the time warner cable -- live side of the time warner cable arena. 35,000 delegates, international media representatives, and a national political leaders are expected to gather for the convention. maximum 25,000 people and is home to the charlotte bobcats of the nba. in an hour, we will begin our preview, and this show is available all day at c-span.org. one item we are featured in our social media coverage is our google hangouts. >> tell us...
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shortly after 1:00 a.m., vice- president -- time warner arena. surely after 1:00 a.m., vice- president joe biden will begin. proceedings will begin in about an hour. until then, we will be taking your phone calls and sitting at the agenda for this convention. let's begin with a look at the schedule for the next couple of hours. how let's begin at 9:10 p.m. when jill biden will be introducing her husband. that will be followed by vice- president joe first lady michelle obama will introduce president obama. the rehearsal is continuing at this hour. you'll hear that behind us. we want to welcome the editor in chief of "the international journal." what are the challenges that the president is facing tonight? >> it has become a cliche to say the obvious. he has to lay out a vision for how he will turn around the country. he has not had a whole lot specifics so far. i would not look like -- and would not look like for a state of the union address with a lot of details. but something with me on the bones. i think it will be hard for him to tell somethin
shortly after 1:00 a.m., vice- president -- time warner arena. surely after 1:00 a.m., vice- president joe biden will begin. proceedings will begin in about an hour. until then, we will be taking your phone calls and sitting at the agenda for this convention. let's begin with a look at the schedule for the next couple of hours. how let's begin at 9:10 p.m. when jill biden will be introducing her husband. that will be followed by vice- president joe first lady michelle obama will introduce...
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how far is that from the time warner are rain attacks -- time- warner arena? guest: it is about three or four box. -- blocks. host: how many from charlotte have volunteered for the convention? guest: more than 16,000 people signed up. we needed 10,000. host: the last call for a mere anthony foxx from chicago -- from charlotte comes from illinois. niche. -- niche. caller: i hear the president and the mayor talking about infrastructure. i worked for the state government in illinois for 20 years so i am familiar with how jobs are funded and the costs of things here in illinois. it is basically 90% federal, 10% stake, and with a $16 trillion deficit, sir, where do you think you will get money from to fund the infrastructure president is proposing? thank you. guest: it is a good question. here is the point that i would make their. we are at a point in this country where we have to ask ourselves what happens if we do not make those investments? again, we are competing across the globe for jobs and part of competing for jobs is on the basis that we could move goods a
how far is that from the time warner are rain attacks -- time- warner arena? guest: it is about three or four box. -- blocks. host: how many from charlotte have volunteered for the convention? guest: more than 16,000 people signed up. we needed 10,000. host: the last call for a mere anthony foxx from chicago -- from charlotte comes from illinois. niche. -- niche. caller: i hear the president and the mayor talking about infrastructure. i worked for the state government in illinois for 20 years...
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i want to show you the time warner cable arena again. by the way, 15,000 hotel rooms have been booked for this convention. they are using at 250 buses to transport the delegates back and forth. what we learned from tampa was every delegate bus has a secret service agent on board for security. 15,000 members of the media are attending this. 20 miles of cable to get all the cameras, all the electronic equipment ready for this arena. 20 miles of cable have been installed into the time warner cable arena. 5500 delegates, 400 alternates at the convention. of those delegates, eight states have more than 160 delegates. california, florida, illinois, michigan, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, and texas. the republicans had about 2200 delegates. the democrats, 5500. again, tomorrow night, which was scheduled to be at the bank of america football stadium, dislike it was four years ago in denver where president obama, accepted the nomination in a big football stadium, this will be the site for there's a night as well. the plans have changed. concerns
i want to show you the time warner cable arena again. by the way, 15,000 hotel rooms have been booked for this convention. they are using at 250 buses to transport the delegates back and forth. what we learned from tampa was every delegate bus has a secret service agent on board for security. 15,000 members of the media are attending this. 20 miles of cable to get all the cameras, all the electronic equipment ready for this arena. 20 miles of cable have been installed into the time warner cable...
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. >> we are here in the packer plant, a few blocks from the time warner cable arena. this for we do our shows and let events and behind us we have a party. we will be here all night. quex are the people here who are political stars? you see that sometimes at conventions. the crowd follows them, cameras follow them. you have a star attraction. >> there is a lot of attention today. and [inaudible] a big rising star. that was part of their -- almost all women. they announced a program, there was one day when they announced -- [inaudible] all of them were women. >> someone like jesse jackson, still has huge popularity in the people around him. there were walking around doing his thing. the crowds of people. it is the chance for those who -- people who are reliving their glory days. >> the guy plays music in a band. he is playing here at the convention. >> did you get a rain check? >> there's some people who have chosen not to come to the convention. they had other work at home. who is the biggest name who is absent from this convention? >> fascinatingly, the democratic ho
. >> we are here in the packer plant, a few blocks from the time warner cable arena. this for we do our shows and let events and behind us we have a party. we will be here all night. quex are the people here who are political stars? you see that sometimes at conventions. the crowd follows them, cameras follow them. you have a star attraction. >> there is a lot of attention today. and [inaudible] a big rising star. that was part of their -- almost all women. they announced a program,...
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it has been moved from the outside stadium into the time warner cable arena. but as take a look at president obama arriving in charlotte. air force one are arriving in charlotte with president obama on board. his wife, of course, michelle obama, is already here. she gave one of the big speeches last night at the democratic national convention. we want to hear your calls and reaction to this week's events. here are the numbers to call. even the much of the c-span team is down here in charlotte, to be covered and what is happening in the convention. but go to our first call and hear what donovan have to say on the democratic line from l a >> i just wanted to say, democrats really need to get together in the battleground states and stand up for president obama. i am down here in louisiana, after this hurricane. i have never seen the government act so fast and so incisive on what they want to do to help the people down here. it has been great. even president obama came down, even though the convention is going down, he came down to talk to the people. it is a bles
it has been moved from the outside stadium into the time warner cable arena. but as take a look at president obama arriving in charlotte. air force one are arriving in charlotte with president obama on board. his wife, of course, michelle obama, is already here. she gave one of the big speeches last night at the democratic national convention. we want to hear your calls and reaction to this week's events. here are the numbers to call. even the much of the c-span team is down here in charlotte,...
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it is not 6 1/7 blocks from the time warner cable arena. -- six or seven blocks from the time warner cable arena. there also spread out in other counties nearby. they are being shuttled in every day. they have that pretty easy. there is a lot of fences. there is a lot of police presence. there has been a lot of protesters. there are several streets closed downtown. it is ok to get around. today t hey are having a carolina fast. they're bringing in james taylor. they're helping people will come downtown. the shirt and the convention by a day to give -- a shortened the convention by a date to allow them to feel like they are a part of the convention. host: tim funk, if we hear the term uptown, it means downtown? why is it? guest: it is a chamber of commerce bank probably. when i made to charlotte in 1990, it was not an advertise a downtown. there is not a lot to do. now it is really quite different. a lot of people live downtown. we opened some great museums. i think a lot of people will be impressed by uptown. it is a way, it is on a hill. host: mary anthony xbox will be a guest tomor
it is not 6 1/7 blocks from the time warner cable arena. -- six or seven blocks from the time warner cable arena. there also spread out in other counties nearby. they are being shuttled in every day. they have that pretty easy. there is a lot of fences. there is a lot of police presence. there has been a lot of protesters. there are several streets closed downtown. it is ok to get around. today t hey are having a carolina fast. they're bringing in james taylor. they're helping people will come...
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[cheering and applause] in 2006, and in 2008, we elected to outstanding senators, jim webb and mark warner. if i have anything to do with that, we will win again in 2012. [applause] how did virginia go from red to purple? we did it with grass roots of excitement and hard work. we showed virginians that democrats get results. when i was governor during the worst recession since the great depression, a virginia maintained one of the lowest unemployment rates in america. we kept our aaa bond rating. we were named the most business- friendly state, best managed state, best state to raise a child. in virginia, we cut billions from the state government while making critical investment in schools, roads, and bridges. we worked together with democrats, republicans, and independents to get results. over the last four years, the gop pushed ideology and wedge issues. just last week, they passed a platform demanding privacy for superpacs and denying privacy to women making health care decisions. meanwhile, democrats fought for the middle class. we cut taxes for 95% of american families. [applause] we
[cheering and applause] in 2006, and in 2008, we elected to outstanding senators, jim webb and mark warner. if i have anything to do with that, we will win again in 2012. [applause] how did virginia go from red to purple? we did it with grass roots of excitement and hard work. we showed virginians that democrats get results. when i was governor during the worst recession since the great depression, a virginia maintained one of the lowest unemployment rates in america. we kept our aaa bond...
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that is what bothered me more than anything, that you could not put it aside for one moment and just warner for the loss of people. >> nicely said. >> i never saw the president apologized. -- apologize. had there been an apology, i would have been offended. i never saw that. >> i think it was. >> i never saw an apology paid >> but you were saying because it was from the of been -- because it was from the embassy. voting for romney? he has your vote because? >> when the economy is down and all the things that happening now, the best thing to do is not to go to a politician who will say, it should go to a guy that turns around businesses. you need to cut the fat and sometimes people get laid off, it's things for this individual families, but you have to worry about the country as a whole, and when you do that, i think the country will benefit, and i think mitt romney as a better way of going about it because he has that business background. >> moving quickly because i want to catch up. i'm a little behind. that we ask anybody, as the selection or the the position of vice president, either pau
that is what bothered me more than anything, that you could not put it aside for one moment and just warner for the loss of people. >> nicely said. >> i never saw the president apologized. -- apologize. had there been an apology, i would have been offended. i never saw that. >> i think it was. >> i never saw an apology paid >> but you were saying because it was from the of been -- because it was from the embassy. voting for romney? he has your vote because?...